Milton 'Mickey' Eder (PhD) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed a PhD in cultural history at the University of Chicago, taught interdisciplinary humanities and social science courses before lifelong learning turned to medicine and public health. As Director of Research within a Federally Qualified Health Center Network, he initially organized a practice-based research network to expand opportunities for research participation and to improve patient safety and quality of care delivery while also addressing health literacy (i.e., acting on information). He became involved in clinical and translational science, seeking to create and strengthen academic health center and primary care research interactions. This included involvement in fostering academic health center engagement with communities, including communities of clinicians. He has been active in national efforts to investigate the potential added value of community engaged research. He recently stepped down after a decade as co-chair of PACER (Partners for the Advancement of Community Engaged Research) an ACTS special interest group. From early work to create research capacity in primary care contexts, ethics has also been an area of interest. He currently chairs a U of Minnesota Institutional Review Board. He actively seeks to advance public awareness of science and research.